Improvement in bag and shoe-string- fasteners



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JOHNH. WEEDEN.: or ,WAe-TERBURY, 'coN-NECTICUT, AssiGNon Fon ONE-HALFTO' GEORGE C; THOMAELOF SAMEPL-ACE.

Letters PatentNo. 94,987, dated September 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG- .AND SHOE-STRING- FASTENERS.

The Schedule referred tain these Lettersv Patent and making :part of thesame To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I,'J0HN H. Wannen', ofWaterbury, in the county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut,'have invented a new andusefulImprovement in Bag and Shoe-StringFasteners; and. I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had' to the accompanying drawings, making a part of ithis specification, `in which- Figure 1 is `a perspective'view.

Figure 2, a top view.

Figure 3, B, a side View ofthe sleeve, hook, and shank, A and C beingend views of the sa-me.

Figure 4, a view of the wedge in the sleeve when' back as -far aspossible, thatthe string may be passed 4my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construe. -tion and operation. A

Fig. 6 shows the shape of' the blankfrom which-the fastener isformed, bybending the sides a a at right angles tothe' back b, along the lines ccl, ed. The parts t t are bent at right angles tothe sides a a, alongthe lines e f, ef, meeting at m, fig'. 2, and at fm., iig.3, A and Othus forming the sleeve s 8iig'. 3,

A B C, in which the toothedf wedge fw, g. V5, slides.

. It might be made to operate by iasteniugthewedge 'to the' shank, andmaking the sleeve to slide, but I prefer the way herein described.

The point p, fig'. 6, is bent down and under, forming the hook h, iig.`1.

The end of the shank 'It is pierced by the hole o, figs. 2 and 6, thatone end of the string may be tied theret otl1e other end passing throughthe sleeve s,

and under the toothed wedge w, thus forming a loop,"

iig. 1, which, being p laced around the neck of a bag, g. 7, and drawnas tight as necessary, the Wedge w is pushed into the sleeve s until itpresses iirmly upon the string and prevents its slipping through. Infact, the greater the strain upon the loop, the further the wedge isdrawn into the sleeve, and consequently the stronger it holds.A

The hook is caught into the neck of the bag, and

prevents the slipping of the fastener while the loop is being tightened;It also holds tliedevice in position on the bag.

To keep therwedge in the sleeve, and prevent its loss, I 'upset orspread the small end.

.As'fa shoe-string fastener,"`itV operates in exactly the4 v samemanner. The shank cwould bev fastened to the shoe.

This device 'is applicable to a variety of usesas a buckle, as ahalter-fastener, and as a `glove-fastener.

I know of but one other bag-fastener, and that 0p,- erates in the sameway-as a belaying-pin.

What I claim as' my invention, anddesire to secure 1. The combination ofthe sleeve s and sliding wedge w, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination of thesleeve s and sliding Wedge w with the hookh andshank k, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3.Th'e combinationA of the. sleeve sV and sliding Wedge fw with the hookh., shank k, and string n., substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

Witnesses: JOHN H. WEEDEN.'

GEO. E. Tnnnr, G. C. THOMAS;

